A group of parents are asking the Haines Borough school board to review the school administration’s response to an explicit document created by students depicting some of their classmates. 

Four parents testified about the document during the school board’s Nov. 3 meeting, describing the district’s response as inadequate, questioned why the school district did not involve local police in its investigation, and why parents of all involved students were not notified promptly about the document. 

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